Sex and satiric tragedy in early modern England : penetrating wit / by Gabriel A. Rieger.
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TextSeries: Studies in performance and early modern dramaPublication details: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (147 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- 9780754698791
- 0754698793
- 1409400298
- 9781409400295
- English drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism
- Sex in literature
- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
- English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism
- Satire, English -- History and criticism
- Tragédie anglaise -- Histoire et critique
- Sexualité dans la littérature
- Théâtre anglais -- 16e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Théâtre anglais -- 17e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- English drama
- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan
- English drama (Tragedy)
- Satire, English
- Sex in literature
- 1500-1699
- 822/.0512093538 22
- PR658.T7 R55 2009eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Sex, stoicism, and satyre: the roots of satiric tragedy -- "You go not till I set you up a glass": the death of Elizabeth and the languages of gender -- "Deep ruts and foul sloughs": sexually descriptive language and the narrative of disease -- "I'll have my will": frustrated desire and commercial culture -- "I am worth no worse a place": service, subjugation, and satire -- Conclusion: erotic aggression and satiric tragedy.
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Drawing upon recent scholarship in Renaissance studies regarding notions of the body, political, physical and social, this study examines how the satiric tragedians of the English Renaissance employ the languages of sex-including sexual slander, titillation, insinuation and obscenity - in the service of satiric aggression.
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